An in vivo investigation of ulnar nerve sliding during upper limb movements

Clinical Biomechanics

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 774-779

  Dilley, Andrew ^a   Summerhayes, Catherine ^a   Lynn, Bruce ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cross correlation; Nerve movement; Neural dynamics; Ulnar nerve; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

BENDING MOMENTS; BIOMECHANICS; JOINTS (ANATOMY); STRESS ANALYSIS; ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

NERVE MOVEMENT; NEURAL DYNAMICS; ULNAR NERVES;

NEUROPHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; ARM; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; ELBOW; FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOULDER; ULNAR NERVE; ULTRASOUND; WRIST;

ADULT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOVEMENT; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; ULNAR NERVE; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 34347360616     PISSN: 02680033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2007.04.004     Document Type: Article

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